Ukudla okuningi esikudla njalo akubonakali kunamafutha amaningi, ushukela noma amafutha amaningi. Noma kunjalo, ukudla okuningi kuqukethe ama-calories angalindelekile. PassportHealth ikutshela konke mayelana kilojoule ezifihliwe.

Igama eliqondile okufanele lisetshenziswe yi-"kilocalories". I-kilocalorie iyunithi yokulinganisa inani lamandla okudla. Isetshenziselwa ukulinganisa izindleko zamandla omzimba noma amandla anikezwa ukusetshenziswa kokudla.

Inani lamakholori adliwe akufanele libe i-diktat. Ukwazi ukuthi mangaki ama-calories amele ukudla kukuvumela kuphela ukuthi ulawule kangcono isisindo sakho futhi wazi ukuthi udlani. Okubalulekile ukuthi udle ukudla okunomsoco futhi ukwazi ukulalela umzimba wakho ukuze udle lapho uzwa isidingo.

Umthamo wamandla wansuku zonke onconyiwe ngama-kilocalories ukalwa ngokuya ngeminyaka kanye nezindleko ezingokomzimba zomuntu ngamunye. Lawa amabhentshimakhi futhi akuzona izibopho.

Isilinganiso sezidingo zansuku zonke zamandla ngokwe-Health Canada Kumuntu wesilisa omdala ongazinzile, ziphakathi kuka-2000 no-2500 kcal ngosuku, kumuntu omdala okhuthele: phakathi kuka-2200 no-2700 kcal ngosuku futhi endodeni ekhulile esebenzayo: phakathi kuka-2500 no-3000 kcal. ngosuku. Kumuntu wesifazane osekhulile onganyakazi, aphakathi kuka-1550 no-1900 kcal ngosuku, kowesifazane omdala ongasebenzi: phakathi kuka-1750 no-2100 kcal ngosuku nowesifazane omdala osebenzayo: phakathi kuka-2000 no-2350 kcal ngosuku.1

Ukudla kwansuku zonke kwamandla okutuswa yi-PNNS (National Nutrition and Health Program) eFrance okowesifazane ophakathi kuka-1800 no-2200 kcal ngosuku, owesilisa: phakathi kuka-2500 no-3000 kcal ngosuku futhi komdala kuwukuthi ngemva kweminyaka engama-60. : 36 kcal / kg ngosuku (okuhambisanayo, kumuntu onesisindo esingama-60 kg kuya ku-2160 kcal ngosuku).